Softball / Softball | Rules, Skills & Study
Guide
How is softball different than baseball - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----7 innings
instead of 9
smaller field
pitched underhand instead of overhand
player must remain contact with the base until a pitch is thrown by the pitcher
how did the game of softball get started? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----chicago
1887
a man threw a boxing glove at someone who hit it with a broom while they were
waiting for the results of a football game. Hancock turned the glove into a ball.
Later, Hancock created the rules and coined the phrase, "Let's play ball!"
, describe the strike zones in softball - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----slow pitch:
between shoulders and knees
fast pitch: between armpits and knees
in fast pitch games, which players must wear helmets? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER-
---batter
base runners
what is considered to be one of the greatest victories for softball enthusiasts? - --
-✔✔✔ANSWER----the addition of women's fast pitch to the 1996 olympic
games, 1991
what are the three sizes of balls that are used in softball? - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----12 in
14 in
16 in
what are ways a batter can get a strike called on her? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER--
--swings at a pitch and misses
ball hit into foul territory
foul can also be counted as a third strike
Guide
How is softball different than baseball - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----7 innings
instead of 9
smaller field
pitched underhand instead of overhand
player must remain contact with the base until a pitch is thrown by the pitcher
how did the game of softball get started? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----chicago
1887
a man threw a boxing glove at someone who hit it with a broom while they were
waiting for the results of a football game. Hancock turned the glove into a ball.
Later, Hancock created the rules and coined the phrase, "Let's play ball!"
, describe the strike zones in softball - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----slow pitch:
between shoulders and knees
fast pitch: between armpits and knees
in fast pitch games, which players must wear helmets? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER-
---batter
base runners
what is considered to be one of the greatest victories for softball enthusiasts? - --
-✔✔✔ANSWER----the addition of women's fast pitch to the 1996 olympic
games, 1991
what are the three sizes of balls that are used in softball? - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----12 in
14 in
16 in
what are ways a batter can get a strike called on her? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER--
--swings at a pitch and misses
ball hit into foul territory
foul can also be counted as a third strike
